Telephone memorandum pad



pr 1940- R. B. MOODY ET AL 2,195,677

TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM PAD Filed June 2 1939 Patented Apr. 2, 1 940 PATENT OFFICE 2,195,677 TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM PAD Robert B. Moody and Edythe May Bridges, Dallas, Tex.

Application June 2, 1939, Serial No. 277,080

1 Claim.

This invention relates to telephone memorandum devices and more particularly to devices adapted for ready use or interchangeable use with telephones for making memorandums, while at the same time using the telephone for telephone conversations.

Memorandum devices have heretofore. been made for use in connection with telephone conversations, many of which have been arranged so that they had to be fastened to the telephone itself. This either required the use of tools,

I and the subsequent use of tools when the pad was to be replaced; or it required the fastening of the device to standard telephone apparatus. The attachment to telephone apparatus is detrimentalif not contrary to the contracts under which telephones are licensed for use. The telephone companies do not approve of devices which must be attached to the phones. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a memorandum pad designed to be held in place by the weight of a telephone, having means having a stop to prevent the telephone being inadvertently pushed into disruptive collision with the back of the writing pad.

Other objects and advantages of this inven-. tion will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like reference characters indi- 3o cate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Fig. l is a partial perspective view showing the preferred'manner of using the memorandum I devices. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the device in use.

7 Considering the figures in greater detail, the telephone memorandum device illustrating a preferred embodiment of this invention, comprises a plurality of the note leaves ill detachably secured together at !2 and constituting a pad element 22. This pad element has a separate back M to which the pad per se is fastened.

A base element It is provided with frictional surfaces is and 2. These frictional surfaces may be formed separately and applied to the 45 base IE, or the base itself may be made of suitable (Cl. 281-44) I material so that the finished product constitutes a frictional surface. a

The pad element 22 is secured to the base element l6 in any suitable manner, as'by stapling, adhesive means, or any 'fother appropriate fastening means.

In using this telephone memorandum device, the base or back of the device I6 is placed upon a supporting surface 24 to which it is frictionally engaged by the surface '20 as a result of setting the base 26 of a telephone 28 upon the upper frictional surface l8 of the device.v Grav ity acting upon the telephone holds the parts. in position and prevents the pad from moving around while a person is making notes upon it. The device in no way interferes with comfortable and convenient use of standard telephone equipment, and it can be readily placed in use or removed when desired. The equipment of a telephone company is not marred or damaged in any way, and the device itself may be carried from one phone or office to another if desired. I

Although a preferred embodiment of this invention is illustrated in the described, variations within the true spirit and scope of the same are to be determined by the appended claim.

What we claim is:

A telephone memorandum pad (holder including a base comprising a sheet member the upper surface of which-has an area of low level and an area of high level defining between them a transverse shoulder, the low level area providing a seat for a telephone, the high level area, a support for a writing pad, and the shoulder, a stop for the telephone base to prevent its destructive collision with the back of the writing pad, the part constituting the high level area being thicker than the part constituting the low level area, for giving support to the writing pad. in the event the base should project over the edge of the object supporting the telephone.

of the base ROBERT B. MOODY. EDYTHE MAY BRIDGES. 

